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School: Graigue, Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4124)

Location:
Graigue, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Lionacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 088

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    Four legs up and four legs down, soft in the middle and hard all round
    A bed
    Why does a hen pick the pot.
    Because she couldn't lick it
    Elizabeth, Betty, and Bess went over the bridge to rob a bird's nest, there were five eggs in it and they took one each. How many were left.
    Four
    As I went out a slippery gap, I met my Uncle David, I cut off his head and I left his body easy?
    A head of cabbage.
    As I went over Westminster bridge I met a Westminster scholar. He put hand in pocket and drew out his gloves and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Kelleher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oldcastletown, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr John Sherlock
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Oldcastletown, Co. Cork